Students in the Creative Writing AOC cultivate imaginative literacy and cognitive flexibility by studying multiple genres, understanding craft from a cross-cultural perspective, and applying their creative skills both on and off the page.
The Program in Creative Writing Area of Concentration
Creative Writing students combine analytical and creative skills across disciplines to cultivate unique perspectives and interdisciplinary literacies. Students benefit from the rigorous study of literature and the humanities and writing workshops which focus on collaboration, critical thinking, and revision practices.
In addition to learning the craft of writing and the history of literary art, coursework in Creative Writing develops indispensable skills—like empathy, respect for multiple points of view, and critical thought—necessary to sustain creative livelihoods after graduation. Graduates may extend this knowledge into fruitful careers in education, professional writing, law, or—like so many others —writing and publishing books alongside another profession.
Creative Writing students fuse research, analysis, revision, and drafting in multiple stages. Through course readings and their original work, they immerse themselves in current personal and global issues, cultivate a literary community on campus and beyond, and are poised to engage in a life of writing.
Sample Course Offerings
- Imaginative Writing: Reading and Writing in Three Genres
- Introduction to Reading Like a Writer and Poetry (Workshop)
- Introduction to Short Story (Workshop)
- The Short-Short and the Novella (Advanced Fiction Workshop)
Career Pathways
- Language Arts and/or Writing Instruction
- Communications Manager
- Copyediting
- Journal and Literary Editing
- Public Relations
- Advertising and Marketing
- Journalism
- Grant Writing
- Law
- Literary studies
- Creative scholarship
Tom Bailey, Ph.D.
Professor of Creative Writing, Fiction
Avni Vyas, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Creative Writing, Poetry
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Humanities Division
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Ace Academic Center 116